Dallas

Hotels in Dallas

Before you start researching Dallas hotels, keep this in mind: Uptown is where most people live and play, Downtown is the city's business center. Hotels in Dallas's Downtown target business travelers more than leisure ones, though that does mean you can occasionally find weekend bargains and Downtown is only a 10-minute drive from Uptown. Among the best hotels in Dallas is the Hotel ZaZa. The exterior of this hotel overlooking Uptown's McKinney Boulevard is Mediterranean, but the interiors have an eclectic mix of styles with 153 large guestrooms as well as 16 unique signature suites (for example, Opium has a Persian theme; Medusa is inspired by the Italian Renaissance).

Some other hotels in Dallas offer a resort atmosphere, as long as you don't mind a short drive to the city center. The Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas has a par-70 golf course, tennis courts, and four pools, all about a 20-minute drive from Uptown.

Overlooking Uptown's McKinney Avenue, ZaZa is a French Mediterranean-inspired villa that also incorporates styles from across the globe. Public spaces are adorned with crystal chandeliers and imported African prints, but the highlight here is the design of the hotel's 153 guestrooms.

The Dallas icon of luxury, founded in 1980 when oil heiress Caroline Rose Huntturned a circa-1925 cotton magnate’s mansion into an outstanding property, undertook a full freshening up for its 30th anniversary.

While this 1927 Neo-Gothic building still maintains many of its historic features, it also has a modern cantilevered rooftop pool, a Charlie Palmer restaurant, and a $20 million–plus art collection, including works by Andy Warhol and Richard Phillips.

Indulging in maple-and-peppercorn-soaked buffalo tenderloin from celebrity chef Dean Fearing, relaxing with a massage in the 12,000-square-foot spa, heading to lunch in a Bentley town car—these are some of the highlights of a stay at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas.

From its dominant vantage point on a high hill in Oak Cliff, the Belmont Hotel commands spectacular views of the Dallas skyline. The only word of warning guests should heed before booking a room is that once they arrive, they may never want to leave.

Set in a Queen Anne-style house built in 1909 on what was originally called “Millionaires’ Row,” the Hotel St. Germain opened as a bed-and-breakfast in 1991. A butler is poised at the check-in desk to offer complimentary champagne upon arrival.